e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

[redwing99]

I think I remember that EDIG can do this...can they? Is there a link to EDIG nes/pr discussing this or on their website somewhere?

-Microsoft plans to add support for a clock in portable music players and other consumer-electronics devices. The clock would provide a 'time out' feature much like that used in PC versions of its DRM software. If customers don't pay their monthly subscription bills by a certain date, access to the files on those devices is cut off.

Time-outs can be supported relatively easily on PCs, which have plenty of memory and processing power to handle a clock and the associated DRM. But supporting clock DRM on small handheld devices poses a considerable engineering challenge, thanks to limited CPU resources and battery life. Usher said Microsoft is working with consumer-electronics device makers to add clocks that can be hooked up to its rights-management system.